J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites contain some of the most fascinating and beautiful movements in all of his oeuvre, and remain one of the most important works in the history of Western music. Jeffrey McFadden’s arrangements for guitar enhances the music, adding a harmonic dimension and making the implied interaction of voices explicit. Here’s an excerpt from the Prelude of Suite No. 4, with its opening of descending quaver patterns. “The playing is simply phenomenal.” (Gramophone) STREAM / BUY: Vol. 1 -

J. S. BACH’s six unaccompanied Cello Suites were written around 1720, and are the first truly virtuosic works written for the instrument. Each of the Suites consists of a series of dance forms, although this simple description belies the astonishing variety and complexity of the music. Three centuries after their composition, they remain the supreme test of a cellist’s technical and musical capability. Here is cellist Gabriel Schwabe’s 2016 #NaxosBackstage video, performing the Sarabande from Su

Celebrate 40 years of Bach’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites with the 1983 Sessions. | Yo-Yo Ma

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